The Legend of Wilber Marshall
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Wilber Marshall was a Linebacker who played for the Chicago Bears from 1984 to 1987.
A converted tight end out of the University of Florida, Marshall was a three-time All-SEC and a two-time All-American. He is also a member of the Florida Athletic Hall of Fame and the Florida Football Ring of Honor.
The Chicago Bears drafted Marshall with the 11th overall pick in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft.
In his second year, Marshall emerged as a star linebacker in the NFL and was part of one of the most dominant defensive dynasties in league history.
With the Bears, he made the Pro bowl twice and was a first-team All-Pro and a Super Bowl Champion in 1985. He ranks 43rd on the list of the Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time.
In 1988 he signed a 5-year, $6 million restricted free contract with the Washington Redskins.
The Bears received two first-round draft picks as compensation which were used on receiver Wendell Davis in 1988 and defensive end Trace Armstrong in 1989.
Marshall went on to play 8 more years in the NFL with Washington, Houston, Arizona and the New York Jets.
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Singletary, Wilson, Marshall. The best LB trio of the 80's.
All of these compliments are deserved. Unquestionably the most underrated player on the best defense in NFL history. Athletic beyond comparison.
They gave most of the shine to Singletary. But Wilbur and Otis was a handful.
Don't forget Hampton ,McMichael and Dent oh , the Fridge ,fencik .
@@carystorm1863Yep, Greatest Defense in da History of da game... '85 Chi-Bears... (imo)
very underrated when they talk about greatest LB"S of all time. in the top ten easily
You mean top 3 don't you? Butkus, then?(who knows,not LT), W. Marshall, then 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and so on.
Favorite linebacker of all time .He did everything if he was in a 3-4 defense he be a 1st ballot Hall of famer these days they call them edge rushers he be a beast
My favorite Bear of all time
Legendary 🐐 Status Indeed GO BEARS 🧡💙👑🏆🏈🐻⬇️🙌🏾
He was as explosive as they come at the linebacker position! Some of those QB hits would get him banned from the NFL today.😳
Wilbur caught those interceptions with ease because he started out as a tight end at the University of Florida #88. 😄
Dude should be in da HOF
Hall of fame
Baddest MF to put on bears uniform
soundtrack?
I thought he passed. Don't do the click bait headline
BACK WHEN THEY WERE ALLOWED TO PLAY FOOTBALL...
One of the greatest LBs to ever play.....🏈🏆
Facts
My favorite from the 85 Bears. I was so disappointed when he left to the Redskins.
That, boys and girls, is how you tackle. When he left Chicago for DC I felt like the heart of that team was ripped out.
Bears never recovered after he left should be in the Hall of Fame.
Losing Marshall wasn't the problem. Never having a healthy QB or even a good QB was the Bear's problem!
@@spaceghost8995No, DEFENSE was their calling card, the Chi Bears GM/Owner/HC simply grossly UNDERVALUED him, to their loss, (and the true Bear Fans also).
@@percycliffordpayne3283 Just so you know you are disagreeing with what the Bears players of that era have SAID. I guess YOU think you know more than players like Tom Thayer, Gary Fencik, Steve McMichael , Dan Hampton and Jay Hilgenberg.
I knew that the Bears 🐻 losing Marshall was was even far significant than losing Buddy Ryan.
The Bears defense was never the same after he left for Washington.
The beginning of the end…
Remember when $6 million was an ungodly amount of money for a player???
well that and all the other hall of famers getting old. ;)
When he came to Washington he was terrorizing sh!t along with the rest of the Redskins. Them Joe Gibbs Redskins were some of the best teams in any era.
@@mikeb1039At the time of the Super Bowl win in 1986, they were the youngest team to ever win the Super Bowl.
Following the Super Bowl victory, and Wilbur departed for the Redskins, my heart sank as my mind told me it will never be the same without him.
He played for the Bears through the 1987 season. 2 years after they won the Superbowl. He wanted to stay in Chicago. But the Bears would not match the Redskins offer. One of the stupidest moves the Bears did. And he Won another Superbowl with the Redskins in the 1991 season.
Those hits don’t exist anymore.
Not on consecutive basis like he did.
One of the worse moves the Bears GM at that time did, was letting Wilber go sign with the Redskins as a free agent. This guy was what we see today as a sideline to sideline player. A total monster on the field. An for some reason he gave no mercy to the Detroit Lions....!
After the Bears drafted him the defense went from good to scary good. After Michael McCaskey chose not to pay him what he deserved and he left for the ‘skins, the Bears defense was never in its dominant form without him and Leslie Frazier. Michael McCaskey single-handedly dismantled a Bears team that could’ve one two more SB.
Todd bell also
Ditka sent him away for two first round picks. Which netted us Wendell Davis and trace Armstrong.
We lost that trade. Sorry that I’m not sorry for stating the truth.
Davis wasn't much, but we got more out of Armstrong than Washington got out of Marshall after that move.
I don’t think Ditka had no input on personnel moves as they were made by Mike McCaskey.
@@JosephWilkovich skins got a Super Bowl winner defense with Marshall.
Charles Mann may have been the skins mainstay. However, Marshall was a tremendous acquisition for them.
@@philvaclavik6890 Correct. That decision was on Mike McCaskey and everyone knew it; he made the decision not to pay Wilbur/match the Redskin's offer. McCaskey was not a football guy.
After Sweetness, Wilbur was my favourite player on that fantastic superbowl winning roster. Wilbur, Otis and Samurai were a linebacker corps for the ages 👍👏
Payton and Marshall my 2 favorite Bears. Honorable mention to Hester, Gentry and Forte.
He should have been Superbowl MVP when The Redskins beat the Bills. Dude was everywhere.
Wilber Marshall was an ace in making Buddys 46 D as good as it was. Speed...Agility...Bruising tackler....Instinctive player...The Best of the 85" Linebacker Crew. It should be an honor to wear 58 at Chicago.
Wilber Marshall, is my favorite Bears' Linebacker of all times.
YES
Pit Bull, Samurai, ,and Momma's Boy!
A Bona Fide BEAST!!!!! The Bears should have never let him get away to Washington.
The 85 bears 🐻 defense was the greatest of all Time.
Wilbur’s speed and agility on the attack created havoc for every offense the Bears faced. There was no way to escape! He was the glue that made everything in that defense stick.
Wilber Marshall and Greg Lloyd were two of a kind. Lean mean killing machine ...heat seeking missiles of death and destruction.
That's when football was football!!!
Simply one of the greatest and under appreciated #58! My favorite LB.
well-deserved video for the brother.
I’m a huge fan of Singletary but Wilber was the straw that stirred the drink for me. Simply outstanding. Redskins gave him 6 million a year and he helped them win a Superbowl.
Definition of an impact player. How many times have you seen linebackers running down field and catching into like a cornerback lol? He also hit you like a ton of bricks and was cat quick off the line. He was the total package💯🔥
He was amazing!
He had the speed and athleticism of Brian Urlacher and the mean streak of Dick Butkus.. I once treated Detroit running back Wilbert Montgomery in 2004 and asked him was there any player he ever DREADED facing in his career. He said he didn't FEAR anyone but the only player that he ever questioned was Wilbur Marshall. "You always hoped you'd get hit before he ever got to you. He was deceptively fast and ungodly strong".... 😂😂😂😂 Singletary gets the most accolades on that 85 Bears team but when you ask the defensive players themselves who THEY thought was the best player on that defense?? they all say it was Marshall. His legendary hit on Detroit's Joe Ferguson has to be in the top 3 of the biggest hits in the history of NFL... Ditka actually thought he killed him when Joe didn't get up..
Wilber Marshall was the Best and most complete linebacker to play professional football; could Lawrence Taylor cover a wide receiver?
In No way could lt cover a wo
The Fiercest Player on the Greatest Defense ever Respect Mr Marshall!
Just a Beast back in the day. U don’t see players of his make up anymore. Relentless ! Big pads, classic horse collar and coming after u. 💪🏽🏈 Wilbur was a bad dude ! 👏🏽
His combination of speed, power and ferocity was on the level of LT, my favorite Bear after Walter, should’ve been in the Hall of Fame
You can keep LT, I will take Wilbur. Butkus then Marshall, best Bear linebackers ever.
This Great Linebacker, Wilber Marshall, Arguably my FAVORITE Chicago Bear, (up there with Richard Dent, Butkus and Sayers) but The GM/Arrogant HC, (Dikta) and Ownership Refused to PAY the MAN!!!
ditka s ego got too big
Wilbur was a Beast on the field!
Athletic, quick, fast, hitting machine. If there is football 100years from now, his hits will still be watched…or banned if humanity keeps getting soft.
Dude hit like a heat seeking missile!
I’m convinced he’s being blackballed out of the hall of fame, for suing the Bears for deferred money THEY OWED him and just stopped paying after he retired. He won the case!
WTF? Has Wilbur passed?
Singletary was NFC Defense Player of the Year in '85 and he played great. But he wasn't even the best LB on that team that year. Marshall was a human wrecking ball that year. He destroyed people he hit, when he hit someone, they went down.
That dam Wilbur was hell
He left for Washington and never played this great again ....should've stsyed a Bear
We should have kept Marshall and let Wilson go. Big fan of Otis too but Wilbur was better to me
Wilbur left the Bears after they lost in the playoffs to the Redskins in 1987.
A beast ! At Florida every team would double team him and still couldn’t keep him from making plays in the backfield. Saw him dive over two linemen and tackled the QB and running back both !
Why Mike ditka said Wilbur couldn't cover i see him getting picks
Bears being cheap, did not want to pay Wilbur!
OMG! I forgot how much of a bad ass this dude was! OOOO WEEE!
The 1991 Redskins is arguably one of the greatest teams of all time and Wilber Marshall is one of the greatest Redskins of all time! Hail to the Redskins and Hail to Wilber Marshall!
Sorry sir we as Bear fans do not mention the Redskins years as far as we are concerned, they do not exist.
He did win another Super Bowl with Washington
I absolutely loved this bear team and I'm a Steelers fan
GREAT TRIBUTE!!!
try to find a better lb. he was awesome HOF for sure
The hit on Eric Hipple was crazy
The UNSUNG hero of the Bears Super Bowl winning defense. The Bears organization was WRONG in how they treated him. He was WORTH every dollar he asked for. Winning ANOTHER Super Bowl with Washington while the Bears declined was the best revenge. Why he is not a HOFer is a mystery to me.
i beleive they won two
Those hits on hipple and Ferguson was death hits
I was shocked they let him go. He was a tad shy of LT caliber without the dangerous cocaine flooding through him.
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Most underrated Linebacker ever there's Lawrence Taylor and Wilber Marshall was just as good !
Way more valuable than LT, you mean Butkus then Marshall.
He reminds me of Derrick Brooks
most dynamic player on the 85 bear defense
Very baaaaaad man there 😊
First free agent
I know football is a business. Especially now. There’s not as much loyalty at least on the business and as they used to be, or should I say there was more in the past as far as loyalty was concerned, then there is probably today it’s mostly or more about business now then it was in the past. Thank you for the video. It made me feel good and smile as a Bears fan. I was a young kid still in school when the Bears were really good back in those days and they’ve had some good years and Briggs were the Bears. They were at least potential playoff contender, even if they missed a year here and there, but there was a streak of a few years where they were winning and made a number of appearances or at least had the chance to. I can’t seem to pull together every time they close they seem to self-destruct. They mess with the team. They have to understand that you have to have a core of players that can be consistent and the longer you can keep people together that are good and know how to play with each other just like they go out and get this guy Williams and I was a little bit leery because I really thought they should’ve kept Justin Fields and developed him more as far as his throwing in quarterback abilities, when it comes to passing the ball. As far as his skills, he’s probably better than most running backs even right now look at Pittsburgh. He’s got them off to a 3-0 start. Yet now the Bears are one and two when we were thinking at the worst, they would be two and one at this point and would’ve won their games fairly handily. But you have to develop a quarterback when they’re young and they could have all the skills but if you don’t give them a good running game and you can’t protect them with a good offensive line you’re gonna have problems, especially with the rookie quarterback coming out of college. Even if they had Aaron Rodgers when he had his best years with the Packers. He may have done better as far as his quarterbacking skills, but if he didn’t have a decent running game and had a very problematic and under represented offensive line, he certainly wouldn’t be winning so many games and throwing so many amazing passes. These things actually do matter. Like I said, he may have done better than most, but still would’ve struggled more often than not. Thank you for the video though. It at least gives me some hope for the future and it still is early in the season. I’m hoping and believing that they will find a way to turn things around Paul the general manager of the Bears seems to know what he’s doing, but there are going to be bumps along the way what a great thing it would be if the Bears could win a couple Super Bowls in the next couple years or so how amazing would that be?
The guy had explosive closing speed and went through ball carriers.
And your going to tell me that Zach Thomas is in the hall of fame, but Wilber Marshall is not! Bullshit! Zach Thomas! Zach Thomas ladies and gentlemen? PLEASE!! REALLY!
He was listed as 225 lbs, my friend saw him in plattsville Wisconsin in 1984.Up close in person he said Wilbur looked even bigger than OG Tom Thayer who was 265! I don’t know about this 225 lbs!
I truly believe that there are quarterbacks I still have nightmares about him. You could say his name and all of the former quarterbacks would jump out windows.
Started out as a T. E. @ Florida; developed into one of the 5 greatest outside linebackers ever to play the game. What an athlete; he had great instincts, & a FILTHY attitude. He lacked nothing. Peace out, from a NYG fan……
I'm from the Chicago area, and I've been a Bears fan since the 60's. Overall it's been torture, but I can say that the Bears have never had success without dominant linebackers. There was the Butkus era, the Singletary era and the Urlacher era. That's why I was disappointed when they let Roquan Smith go. I understand why they did it, but it was disheartening.
The 1985 Bears truly had a magical season. Too bad they scrapped the '46 Defense.' While this year's team may not have the same defense, I'm already looking forward to seeing what kind of season they're going to have, what with all the offseason moves made by Ryan Poles, including drafting what will no doubt be the first franchise quarterback in team history, Caleb Williams. A season sweep of the hated Green Bay Packers would be the icing on the cake, especially since the Bears gave up the lead in the all time season series.
Should have been a Bear for his entire career. McCaskey's too cheap to pay for greatness. That cost them at least one more Super Bowl Championship. I hope everybody reading this realizes that those Bears never won another playoff game after they won the Super Bowl. Yet people want to hold Mike Ditka's jock. He underachieved with that team big time.
Played in the wrong era. He’d be a $100 million dollar player in the league right now. Why? Because he’s better than any outside linebacker in the game today. To be fair they are edge defenders/rushers now.
An absolute missile. How is he not in the HOF. He should have been inducted in his first year of eligibility!!
Bears were too cheap to pay him and that defense was never the same.
With the Bears he was as good as any other linebacker not named LT in the league 👊🏽
Better than Mike Singletary
@@bryronpalmer3581Both top of the line at their positions but Wilber gets the clear edge, much more dynamic and athletic athlete!
@@percycliffordpayne3283 I agree!
how the bears let this man go still hurts after more than 35 years ago he was born to be a bear the hardest tackler since butkus criminally underated id take prime wilber Marshall over LT but thats me
That's how you play linebacker 0:24,0:31,0:35,2:21,3:59 and the Bears had a great defense.
Marshall was one of my favorite guys on that defense. It was obvious management wasn't in it for the long haul when they let Wilber get away !
95% of his hits would be illegal in today's neutered NFL.
Duh Bear F’ed up when they would not match the offer from Washington.
I remember him knocking Eric Hipple out. Didnt see that hit
We could've had 3 hof linebackers but he left for more money and never got a gold jacket
dont forget they had two pro bowlers hold out that super bowl year al harris and Todd bell and bell was just as physical as marshall but in a safeties body bell was a beast too
Yes I agree when he went to Washington sad sad day RIP Wilbur. I named my 2nd dog after him and otis
Marshall was the only guy truly feared on that team , he hit like a freight train , he had everything the bears screwed the pooch letting him go .
Marshall,Butkus, Fortunate what a lb corps. That would be.
This dude ain't no legend legends makes history what history did this dude make I thought so
I don't know anybody with the first name of Wilbur.
One of the greatest hitters I’ve ever seen, but now many of those hits would be penalties
He was awesome. A lot of those plays would have gotten him penalized today.
I’m a Cowboys fan but they had the three best LBs on the field ever.